PIZZO v. STATE

No. 2D03-4919.

910 So.2d 286 (2005)

James PIZZO, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anne Sheer Weiner, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


KELLY, Judge.

James Pizzo, Jr., a/k/a James Pizzo, Sr., seeks review of his judgment and sentence for organized fraud and conspiracy to commit racketeering, which arose out of his employment with East Coast Exteriors, Inc., a family-owned home improvement business operated by his son, James Frank "Jimmy" Pizzo. We affirm Mr. Pizzo's conviction for organized fraud. Due to the fact that the jury instructions were fundamentally erroneous, we reverse Mr. Pizzo's conviction...

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